Robo Race Gallery
David Robert Elliott01The scene is reminiscent of the Homebrew Computer Club but with cars.
David Robert Elliott02The assembled entrepreneurs took advantage of a day at the track to test their own cars and skills on the raceway.
David Robert Elliott03The Point One team uses a real-time map to track the progress of its vehicle.
David Robert Elliott04The Udacity team affixes a camera to the Polysync car.
David Robert Elliott05Polysync's CTO Ken Keiter tinkers with the DriveKit technology, which translates driving commands into actual movement of the car's controls.
David Robert Elliott06Faraz Khan, left, has been hacking his Kia Soul so that it can be driven remotely.
David Robert Elliott07Swift navigation's circuit board GPS unit.
David Robert Elliott08The Point One car is loaded with gear.
David Robert Elliott09The startup Qibus is working on tech that allows you to pilot a vehicle from a laptop.
David Robert Elliott10Velodyne Lidar builds equipment that allows a vehicle to sense its environment.
David Robert Elliott11The weekend-long event attracted a few spectators.
David Robert Elliott12A company called Embark is working on semi-autonomous big rigs. This one was not allowed on the track itself because it was too heavy.
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